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Opal Dream

AUSTRALIA/UNITED KINGDOM & NORTHERN IRELAND CO-PRODUCTION
Year of completion
2005
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Feature
Genre
Family
Duration
90 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

Pobby and Dingan are the invisible friends of Kellyanne, the nine-year-old daughter of an opal miner. The film is a funny, uplifting and touching story of the bizarre and inexplicable disappearance of Pobby and Dingan and the impact this has on her family and the whole town. The story is told through the eyes of Kellyanne's 11-year-old brother Ashmol.
Completion Year
2005
Genres
Family
Format
Feature
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Director

Peter Cattaneo

Producer

Lizie Gower, Nick Morris, Emile Sherman

Executive Producer

Angus Finney, Finola Dwyer, Robert Jones, Ben Rice, David M. Thompson

Writer

Peter Cattaneo, Ben Rice, Phil Traill

Writer of Original Material

Ben Rice

Director of Photography

Robert Humphreys ACS

Production Designer

Elizabeth Mary Moore

Editor

Jim Clark, Nicolas Gaster

Composer

Dario Marianelli

Cast

Christian Byers, Sapphire Boyce, Vince Colosimo, Jacqueline McKenzie

Awards

2006 — Australian Cinematographers Society Queensland

2006 — The Pacific Film and Television Commission Pty Ltd, c/ Brisbane International Film Festival

2006 — The Pacific Film and Television Commission Pty Ltd, c/ Brisbane International Film Festival

Screenings

2006 — The Pacific Film and Television Commission Pty Ltd, c/ Brisbane International Film Festival

2006 — Melbourne International Film Festival

2006 — Berlin International Film Festival

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